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This is HR 610. This bill, introduced back in January this year, would start to defund public education in the United States. It would do away with the Elementary and Education Act of 1965 (ESSA). It abolishes the No Hungry Kids Act of 2012, which helps set nutritional standards for school meals. It does other…

I cannot be there on January 21. I wish I could. For every one of you who do make it to DC, remember there are probably a hundred more who cannot make the journey. Represent each and every one of those hundred. Remember to kick butt and chew bubblegum. And then run out of bubblegum.…

Dear Bernie Sanders: You are finally running for president. Yay! I know you aren’t thinking about winning, but about creating a better discussion in Democratic corners about the problems faced by the middle class. You want to force Hillary into showing where she stands on so many relevant issues. Wages are stagnant, jobs that pay…

The New York Times Editorial Board ran a post in its opinion pages on January 9 called “Racial Isolation in Public Schools”. Which I read, because I am interested (very) in public education. Though this piece focused on Buffalo, it could be about almost any inner city public school system where failing schools, teacher issues…

In the Outlander series on STARZ, the character of Claire Randall is confronted in episode 5, Rent, with the character of Jamie sleeping outside the door to her room. After finding out what he is doing there she offers to share her room with him. He balks, saying that would ruin her reputation. Her reputation?…